Toy gun and magazine therefor for holding cup-like caps



Jan. 9, 1968 G. FERRI E I 3,352,097

TOY GUN AND MAGAZINE THEREFOR FOR HOLDING CUP-LIKE CAPS Filed Jan. 26,1966 4 Tram/e75 United States Patent Ofifice 3,362,897 Patented Jan. 9,1968 3,362,097 TOY GUN AND MAGAZINE THEREFOR FOR HOLDWG CUP-LIKE CAPSGiampiero Ferri, Via A. Stoppani 38, and Jori Marinai, Via A. Stoppani29, both of Florence, Italy Filed Jan. 26, 1966, Ser. No. 523,191 Claimspriority, application Italy, Jan. 30, 1965, 612/65 2 Claims. (Cl. 42-54)ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The combination of a toy gun and a magazinetherefor is provided wherein the gun has a stock having amagazine-receiving recess into which a magazine is inserted whoseexternal configuration forms a complementary fit with the recess in thegun stock. The magazine has a channel within it for holding a flexiblestrip of cup-like caps for feeding into the firing end of the gun.

This invention relates to an ammunition magazine to be inserted in a toygun.

It is an object of the invention to provide an improved toy gunmagazine.

According to the present invention there is provided a magazine for usein a toy gun adapted to fire caps arranged as a flexible strip,comprising a housing having a channel therein which is open at at leastone end, said channel being curve-d over a part of its length.

Further according to the present invention there is provided a magazinefor use in a toy gun adapted to fire cup-like caps arranged as aflexible strip, said magazine comprising a housing including asubstantially straight elongate portion adapted to engage in acomplementary recess in the gun, an end portion having abutment facesadapted to abut complementary faces of the gun and thus to maintain atleast a part of said portion outside the said recess, and means definingwithin said housing a channel having a rectilinear portion extending tothe firing position of the gun and a U-shaped portion extending withinsaid end portion of the housing.

An embodiment of a toy gun magazine in accordance with the inventionwill now be described, by way of example, with reference to theaccompanying diagrammatic drawing, the sole figure of which is afragmentary section of a toy gun incorporating the magazine.

Referring to the drawing a gun 1 has a stock 1a. A magazine 2 isintroduced into a recess in the stock 1a and has an end portion or butt2a projecting from the stock 1a and facilitating the extraction andintroduction of the magazine. The magazine 2, 2a has an internal channel3, for the accommodation of a strip or band of caps 4, of which 4aindicates a cup-shaped cap, which is in a firing position of the gun.

The channel 3 is extended to form a loop 3a, within the end portion 2a,and a length 3b. The loop 3a extends over an arc in excess of degrees.

It will be appreciated that the maxim-um length of the strip 4, whichcan be inserted into the channel 3, 3a, 3b, is no longer than theoverall length of the magazine,

The hereinbefore described magazine permits the storage of a strip ofcaps, the length of which is in excess of the length dimension of themagazine in the direction in which the strip can be advanced in order tolocate each cap in the firing position of a gun.

The toy gun, a portion of which is shown in the drawing is similar tothat described in our co-pending United States Patent No. 3,304,644which issued on Feb. 21, 1967.

We claim:

1. The combination of a toy gun and magazine therefor, wherein said gunhas a stock having a magazinereceiving recess extending from its buttend to the firing end of said stock, the recess at the firing end beingrectilinear in shape, said stock having abutment faces at its butt end,and wherein said magazine is externally configurated to form acomplementary fit with said gun recess, said magazine comprising ahousing having a substantially straight elongated end portion forinsertion into the complementary rectilinear recess portion of the gunand a corresponding butt end portion with complementary abutment facesfor contacting the abutment faces of the gun stock at its butt end, saidhousing having a channel for holding cup-like caps, arranged as aflexible strip, said channel being U-shaped at the complementary buttend and extending through the straight elongated end portion incommunication with the firing end of the gun.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein the U-shaped portion of thechannel extends over an arc of at least 180".

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